space fisherman

Chapter 149 Bearded Worm

Ye Yuan also returned to his rest cabin. He was planning to practice "Water Control Art", when suddenly the phone rang at hand, and after answering, Leonard's voice came from the phone.

"Boss, the items have been identified. They are all jewelry from the Byzantine period."

Leonard used the most succinct words to tell Ye Yuan the age of the batch of jewelry and gold coins that Ye Yuan handed over to him some time ago.

"Yes, I see. According to the original plan, let's do it in batches."

After speaking, Ye Yuan hung up the phone directly.

Sitting on the bed, he digested what Leonard had brought to him in just a few words.

The Byzantine Empire was from 395 AD to 1453 AD, namely the Eastern Roman Empire.

It is the oldest monarchy in Europe.

The Byzantine Empire went through 12 dynasties and 93 emperors.

On May 1453, 5, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II led an army into Constantinople (now Istanbul), and the Byzantine Empire officially fell.

The culture and religion of the Byzantine Empire had a great influence on Eastern European countries today.

Its preserved historical materials, works and rational philosophical thoughts of ancient Greece and Rome also provided the most direct impetus for breaking through the shackles of Catholic theocracy in medieval Europe, triggered the Renaissance movement, and profoundly affected human history.

Speaking of this period, many people may not know it, but when it comes to the Roman Empire, few people will not know it.

In 395 AD, the Roman Empire split into two parts.

The Byzantine Empire is generally considered to have begun from AD 395 until 1453 (actually in the eighth century).

During its thousand-year existence it was generally known simply as the "Roman Empire".

In 395 AD, the huge Roman Empire was invaded by various barbarians, and the empire was divided into two for the convenience of administration.

The Eastern Empire had Constantinople as its capital, so the Eastern Roman Empire was also called the Byzantine Empire.

Thinking back to the information about Byzantium in his mind, Ye Yuan never thought that an ancient warship randomly found in the Indian Ocean contained such ancient cultural relics, but Ye Yuan is not interested in these now.

He himself is not very good at antique jewelry, so he doesn't pay much attention to these.

After clearing up his mood, Ye Yuan started his own cultivation again.

After a few days of boring sea voyages, Ye Yuan felt very bored. Ye Yuan, who hadn't been in the sea for several days, finally decided to go diving today. Many crew members also wanted to go to the bottom of the sea to have fun.

So Ye Yuan found a relatively shallow sea area, stopped the fishing boat, and the crew all put on their diving equipment and prepared to go into the sea.

Ye Yuan didn't care about the actions of the crew, after all, they were all from the navy, and they were no strangers to the sea, so he entered the sea first by himself.

The reason why Ye Yuan chose this place is because the water depth in this sea area is very shallow, which is very suitable for the crew to dive.

And there is a trench not far from here, where Ye Yuan's perception does not reveal the depth, it means that the depth of the trench is more than 5000 meters, such a trench is suitable for Ye Yuan now.

Ye Yuan quickly got out of the range of the fishing boat in the sea, and found the trench he found in his perception.

Looking down, the trench is bottomless, and the dark trench gives people a mysterious and dangerous feeling.

It's not the first time Ye Yuan has entered the trench, and without much fear, Ye Yuan dived towards the bottom of the trench with the fastest speed.

In the depths of the dark trench, there will be some "lights" from time to time.

Added a little vitality to this mysterious trench.

These "lights" are actually some creatures that emit light in the deep sea. In the dark and boundless deep sea, 90% of the creatures can emit light.

Ye Yuan not only saw a few glowing jellyfish here, but also a strange fish whose whole body was blue.

It's strange because the fish's belly has a pair of human-like legs, and there are two ant-like tentacles on its head.

It's gorgeous to look at and very fun to look at.

Soon Ye Yuan had already dived to a depth of 2800 meters, Ye Yuan saw a strange scene here, steaming, smoky, and chimneys.

Ye Yuan swam to the chimney with interest, the supposedly icy sea water followed Ye Yuan closer to the chimney.

The surrounding seawater began to gradually heat up, which also reminded Ye Yuan of a phenomenon, that is, the hot springs on the seabed.

The activity of hydrothermal vents does not necessarily form chimneys.As early as the 20s, scientists discovered many strange phenomena in the Red Sea.

For example, the water temperature and salinity are high, followed by high temperature brine.

In 1967, a seafloor polymetallic ooze formed around thermal springs was discovered in a deep ocean.

Since then, a new chapter in human research on modern hydrothermal mineral resources has been opened.

What is even more surprising is that a large number of new biological species that humans have never known have even gathered near those active hot springs.

Although seabed hot springs are not often seen, Ye Yuan was not the first to discover them.

of.But what makes Ye Yuan feel even more incredible is that he found a hot spring near this hot spring.
An unexpected creature.

The creature is 75cm in size and is pink all over.

The first time Ye Yuan saw it, he recognized this guy, a bearded worm.

The bearded worm found in the world can reach up to 2 meters. This kind of creature is very special. It has no mouth, eyes, or digestive organs, but only a nervous system.

Generally live in the deep seabed below 2500 meters deep.

Because carbohydrates produced by photosynthesis cannot be obtained all year round.

As a result, a kind of bacteria was grown in his body, which can use the carbon dioxide dissolved in the sea and the sulfide contained in the seabed hot spring water to carry out chemical synthesis.

Thereby forming carbohydrates for its absorption.

This also explains why this guy is seen here.

Bearded worms grow very, very slowly, taking 250 years to grow 1 mm.

Calculated, the 75cm bearded worm in front of me will take at least 18 years.

For ordinary animal individuals, few can survive for such a long time. Why can bearded worms live forever.

It has also become a subject that researchers in many countries are tackling, but so far, no country has ever heard of a clear answer.

It's really a surprise to see this guy here, but it's hard for a bearded worm to survive out of the deep sea, otherwise Ye Yuan doesn't care about changing his place.

After observing the bearded worm for a while, Ye Yuan continued to dive into the deep sea.

Due to the existence of hot springs nearby, many deep-sea creatures are active in this generation.

A reddish-brown fish swims up and down straight up and down, transparent crabs and short and thick lobsters are fighting on the rocks, and various shellfish are irregularly covered with the surrounding reefs. . . . . .

Many scenes that Ye Yuan had never seen before appeared before Ye Yuan's eyes.

Ye Yuan really wanted to go back to the boat and use the submarine camera to take pictures of these rare sights.

But I was afraid that others would ask him how he was able to shoot in such a deep seabed, so think about it or forget it.

Ye Yuan continued to dive into the deep sea, this time he came down for no purpose, but he spent too much time floating in the sea these days, and wanted to relax himself.

What kind of relaxation can be easier and more enjoyable than swimming in the underwater world by yourself?
(End of this chapter)